Four-in-hand tie



March 3,1931. g- 1,794,497

FOUR- I N-HAND TIE Filed June 23, 1927 Patented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED-ISTATES MERL w. REESE, or OMAHARNEBRASKAF FOUR-IN-HAND. TIE

Application filed June 23, 1927." Serial No. 200, 43;

My invention relates to mens neck-wear. It has to do more specificallywith an improved type of four-in-hand tie having a very pleasingappearance when tied. An objectionable feature in connection withpreviously known four-in-hand ties, is the fact that when they are tiedabout the collar, the knot will pull the silk in unevenly, and it isdifilcult to outflare the body portion of the 10 tie beneath the knot sothat the tie willhang straight. Not only will the body portion of thetie appear crooked but. the knot is very apt to twist sideways andeither one of these conditions will make an otherwise presentable tiehave an unsightly appearance. The care required in tying a four-in-handtie to make it hang straight and the unsatisfactory results so oftenobtained in spite of such care can be attested by many who have had thisexperience.

The object of the present invention is the production of an improvedtype of four-inhand tie.

Another object is the production of a four-' in-hand tie which is moreeasily tied aboutv the collar than ties heretofore known.

Another object is to produce a tie having a more pleasing appearancewhen around the collar. Another object is to produce a tie which willhang straight and. evenly when around the collar.

Another object is to produce a tie wherein the body portion is easilyoutflared below the knot piece.

The tie is featured by a narrow portion designed to be included withinthe knot piece so that no major portion thereof extends outwardly fromeither the upper or lower end 40 thereof. The body of the tie extendsoutwardly from the knot at the point in which the narrowed portionexpands to normal size. The narrowed portion is formed by arcuateexcisions on the two sides of the usual straight edges of the bodyportion in a manner which will be described. V

Other objects and features of the invention may become apparent from aconsideration of the detailed description taken with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Fig l isa perspective view showing the appearance ofmy improved four-in-hand tie when knotted; I

' Fig. is a fragmentary plan viewshowing the arrangement of the bodyportion offthe tie;

Fig.3 is a sectional view along the linev of F 51g; 2. and;

i z process offcons'tructi'on. v

' My invention is illustrated as applied to'a soecalled tailoredfour-in-hand tie, that .is a tie produced by cuttinga pattern from abody-of material and sewing the pattern'to gether to produce the tiestructure. A Without making specificzreference tothe manner in which thetie is produced, it comprises a main. body portionlO with. a neckportionll and a'n'intermediate portion12 adaptedto be knotted to form aknot-piece 13as illustrated in Fig. 1 Between themtermediate portionand" body" portion, is formed a pair ofoppositely disposed arcuatecut-away portions 14; and'15 which as the tile is knottedglare includedin the knot in; the

is a fragmenta y view of the. tiein manner illustrated; This portion isbelowthe knot as indicatedin the drawing, The two cut-away portions:result in a narrowed section which decreasesthe amountof :lateralcontractiorrof"theedges or sides ofthe tie belowthe knot and "thusreduces or prevents wrinkling of "the tapered body portion 10,-adjacentthelniot. As aresult the bodypor-; tion of the tie is moreeasily out'flarcd justbelow the knot to. have-a symmetrical appearancewhichis obtained with difficulty, ifat all,if the tie is'of thefullwidth'at this point.

The arrangement "will be more easily understood from a considerationof'one mannerin which the time maybe made. The pattern is cut'flat withthe, same general outline as to produce anygood tailored tie. At theproper position near the. edges 16' of the blank, however, twoleaf-shaped excisions 17 are out, theseexcisionsbeing-produced in anysuitable way. The tie is actually made of two blanks sewed in th ecenter a-t the neckg to' fo'rm a continuous strip; but this is not ofprime interest hQIGgEfl-IldhasEbGGlltSllOWIli When the blank isproduced, theedgeslfiai ness of the tie where necessary it is of courseprovided with side incisions to correspond with the narrowed portions inthe body of the t1e. Afterwards the tie s flattened out and a neck piece19 is sewed onto' the neck portion of the tie in the position shown inFig.1. The stitchings 21 for the neck piece are along the edge of theneck portion of the tie and may serve to anchor the tiller 18 in place.Atthe lower portion of the body of the tie however, a cross stitch 22 isprovided to einforce the open edge which is left at the lower part ofthe body and this cross stitch may also be sewed to the filler.

. After the tie is fully completed, itis of course pressed in the usualmanner so that the edges will lie fiat throughout the length of the tie.

The foregoing description referring to the manufacturing of the tieholds true only when a so-called tailored tie is made. Even with thisclass of tie however, the method may be modified and the stitching beemployed in an entirely different manner. In a full knitted tie, thearcuate cut-away portions might be knitted right into thetie,

or they might be produced a manner shown and described for a. tailoredtie. 'Ihe neth 0d of making a tie 1s not of pr me importance as long asthe effect thatI have out 7 lined is produced. For this reason I do not;

limit myself to any particular construction except as pointed out intheappended claiinsi. What I claiin as new and desire to secure by UnitedStates Letters Patent is: v

i 1. The methodof forming a four in-hand tie which comprises cutting apattern of great length in relation to its width, with a pair ofopenings whose sidesare shaped as I intersecting arcs, stitching thelongitudinal edges of the pattern together to form a tube, sewingtheopposed edges of the openings to gether, reversing the tube, andpres-sing it flat so that the sewed openings form area ate, portions atthe side edges of the con pleted tie.

' 2. In a four in hand tie a tube formed of silk and pressed flat havinga lining with the general outline of the flat body, the tie including aneck portion with an extension at one end adapted for extending underthe knot piece, a knottying portion at the other end of the neck portionand a body portion connected with the knot portion and adapted to hangbelow the knot piece whenthe knot tying portion is formed into a four inhand

